New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi said today the Congress will soon announce a Chief Minister candidate in Punjab and the decision will be taken by workers. With a raging Navjot Sidhu versus Charanjit Singh Channi rivalry threatening to hurt the Congress campaign for next month’s Punjab election, he stressed that...
Read MoreNew Delhi: The weekend curfew has been lifted in Delhi, odd-even curbs for markets have been removed and restaurants and cinemas can reopen at 50 per cent capacity, the government said today, as Covid cases continued to drop in the capital. Schools and colleges will remain shut for now....
Read MoreNew Delhi: On Wednesday, student protests flared up in Bihar, and a passenger train was set on fire in Gaya. Meanwhile, six police officers were suspended in Prayagraj after videos of them thrashing job aspirants in Uttar Pradesh went viral. The developments came as thousands of students across these two states burnt effigies of...
Read MoreNew Delhi: Covishield and Covaxin have been cleared by India’s drugs regulator for sale in the market, sources have said. However, this doesn’t mean the two COVID-19 vaccines will be available at shops soon though people would be able to buy them from hospitals and clinics, sources have said....
Read MoreAccording to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare sources, the capping of prices of the two vaccines was discussed at a recent meeting. An official, who was present at the meeting but did not wish to be identified, told ET, “The government is buying the vaccines in bulk at...
Read MoreNew Delhi: A teen from Arunachal Pradesh who went missing along the Line of Actual Control with China has been handed over to the Indian Army, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted today. “The Chinese PLA has handed over the young boy from Arunachal Pradesh Shri Miram Taron to Indian...
Read MoreNew Delhi: The weekend curfew has been lifted in Delhi, odd-even curbs for markets have been removed and restaurants and cinemas can reopen at 50 per cent capacity, the government said today, as Covid cases continued to drop in the capital. Schools and colleges will remain shut for now....
Read MoreNew Delhi: A teen from Arunachal Pradesh who went missing along the Line of Actual Control with China has been handed over to the Indian Army, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju tweeted today. “The Chinese PLA has handed over the young boy from Arunachal Pradesh Shri Miram Taron to Indian...
Read MoreBudget 2022: All about ‘halwa ceremony’ and its significance Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget for fiscal year 2022-23 on February 1, the tone of which will be set with the “halwa ceremony” – a tradition that marks the final stage of the Budget-making process. The...
Read MoreNew Delhi: A former Uttarakhand Congress chief, expelled by the party yesterday, joined the BJP today just days before the February 14 election in the state. Kishore Upadhyay, expelled for “anti-party activities”, is likely to contest the Uttarakhand polls as a BJP candidate. “I have joined the BJP with...
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